This is the first post in a new "How To" series that is kicking off today! It's going to last about two weeks and five "How To's" all together, covering ultra basic cooking 101 things like this (roux), scrambled eggs, basic marinara, etc...I won't give them all away here 😉. This is for those of you out there who are either learning how to cook from the ground up, or are used to cooking, but don't ...

Okay, I mean...let's just be real with each other for a second. Is there anyone out there who doesn't have an emotionally intimate moment with their computer screen when they hear words like hot+cheesy+corn+dip in one title? How could this dip possibly not be the most delicious chip topper ever when it's cheesy, creamy, and loaded with sweet kernels of corn? If I'm being honest, I could go to TOWN ...

Even those of us that love, love, looooove cooking are fans of 30 minute meals. Meals that are that quick and easy but still pack so much flavor and yumminess are just so much fun to make. Not to mention, MUCH needed on crazy weeknights when you've either been dealing with a pack of crazy kids all day, dealing with a crazy day at work...or both...yikes.
So, this roundup is for you, busy ...

My dearest Crock Pot, I am grasping onto you for the remaining few weeks that it is acceptable to use you! Soon, warmer weather will be knocking on my front door, and I will welcome it with EXTREMELY open arms, but I will store you away, my Crock Pot friend, until next fall with sadness. One of the very few sad points about winter ending.
Emphasis on FEW. I am sooooo ready for winter to be ...

Okay, people. Everything I'm about to say to you is CRUCIALLY important, so I need you to not just scroll through and look at the pretty pictures...zone in for some life changing info. This recipe. Is seriously. My new. OBSESSION IN LIFE. You guys...this rice. Thiiissss rrriiiiiiiccccceeeeeee.
Let's just talk for reals for a few minutes...just you and me. Here's what you're about to experience ...

You guys...you will legit have dreams about this pasta sauce. There is nothing like it. Is it a tomato sauce? Is it a butter sauce?? Your taste buds are confused in the most delicious way imaginable ❤️😍. The butter in this SUPER simple tomato sauce just kicks everything up ten million notches, and it makes the tomato sauce so rich and almost creamy, in a way.
YOU WILL BE IN LOVE.
The tender ...

Ah, the Crock Pot. Such a wonderful vessel for comfort food goodness. Wouldn't you agree?? Throw your ingredients in, turn that baby on, and let it sit and simmer away allllll day while you're out doing your thangs. Or while you're binge watching Netflix. Whatever floats your boat.
And then at dinner time, you pop off the lid and say hello to your delicious, slow-cooked dinner. It's so ...

Spaghetti sauce is just one of those things that you have to make from scratch. I mean...I guess you don't HAVE to, but it's just so dang easy to do! It's not like making pizza dough from scratch, where you have to knead it for several minutes, let it rest, roll it out, etc...(though I do love making pizza dough ❤️??).
With spaghetti sauce, you just throw a few ingredients together and let it ...

Okay, this is officially the easiest recipe that has ever been posted on the internet. Or written in any cookbook. Or put on YouTube. To reiterate...THIS IS THE EASIEST RECIPE EVER. It only takes five ingredients and twenty minutes to make! The supa short time and craycray few ingredients aren't what make this recipe so awesome, though...
What makes it so awesome is how BOMB it tastes despite ...

Okay...let me just start by pointing out that I know I say what I'm about to say a lot: "This is the best thing ever." And I can truly tell you that I fully believe my descriptions every single time! I will never rave about a recipe that I'm actually not that crazy about.
So...you have to believe me and try not to roll your eyes when I say that this is SERIOUSLY the best flank steak I have ever ...